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S Blamey

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PubMed1998

Classifying hiatus hernia. Does it make a difference to management?

BACKGROUND: Hiatus hernia is a not uncommon finding but often does not require treatment unless symptomatic. At present, hernias are categorised into either the sliding variety or the rolling type. Understanding how these differ as to their symptoms and their cause provides a basis for a logical treatment plan. OBJECTIVE: To describe the differences between a sliding and a rolling hernia, highlighting the management approaches for each. DISCUSSION: Sliding hernia is often associated with reflux and usually treated medically, but surgery is needed for some patients. Para-oesophageal hernia may be a serious problem with major complications. Large or symptomatic para-oesophageal hernias need surgical treatment.

Gastroesophageal Reflux↗
PubMed1981

Ovarian involvement in adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum.

Thirty-six of 998 female patients with carcinoma of the colon and rectum had ovarian involvement at the time of the initial operation. Resection of tumor of the colon and rectum was performed upon 882 patients. The ovarian tumors were removed in 30 of the 36 patients with ovarian involvement. Ovarian involvement was associated with a significantly worsened, p = 0.009, cancer specific five year survival rate; five year survival prospects for patients with, and without, ovarian involvement were 38 and 60 per cent, respectively. Ovarian involvement also significantly, p = 0.014, worsened the survival rate of the 25 patients treated by curative resection of the tumor of the colon and rectum and associated ovarian spread. The five year cancer specific survival rate for female patients without ovarian involvement was 72 per cent, whereas ovarian involvement reduced the survival rate to 50 per cent.

Adenocarcinoma↗